HYENA
Indonesian Premiere
21 minutes | 2025 | China/USA | Drama | 🔊 Mandarin | 17+
Synopsis
Sinopsis
In an isolated castle, students prepare for a life-changing examination. As anticipation builds to a fever pitch, a storm strikes.
Trapped within crumbling walls, their academic sanctuary becomes a prison, and minds begin to break.
Schedule
Jadwal
Tue, 2 Dec 2025 | 14:30 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 2
Fri, 5 Dec 2025 | 15:00 | EMPIRE XXI | Studio 2
Director's Biography
Biografi Sutradara
Altay Ulan Yang
Altay Ulan Yang is a Mongolian-Chinese writer-director from the Chahar Mongolian tribe of Inner Mongolia, China.
Raised in a monastery and trained as a lama until the age of 18, he later relocated to Los Angeles, where he continues to develop his filmmaking practice.
Trained in fine arts, music, and performance from an early age, Altay brings a multidisciplinary sensibility to his work. His films transform memory, trauma, and cultural displacement into cinematic rituals, combining highly stylized visuals with strong narrative accessibility.
His debut short film, Monsters Never Know (2020), won Best International Short Film at the Fribourg International Film Festival and was nominated at the Palm Springs International ShortFest. HYENA is his second film, entirely self-financed and based on personal experience. He is currently developing two feature-length projects as the sole rights holder and creative lead.
Credit
Kredit
| Production Company | X99 Films |
| Producer | Altay Ulan Yang, Edyta Yutong Deng |
| Director | Altay Ulan Yang |
| Scriptwriter | Altay Ulan Yang |
| Cinematographer | Hu Yinghai, Fang Jiacheng |
| Production Designer | Zhou Guanghan |
| Editor | Zhang Zhongchen, Altay Ulan Yang |
| Main Cast | Zhengjie, Hou Tianyu, Altay Ulan Yang, Chen Yanchen, Panlin Jingyi, Huo Boyuan, Dang Tongfang, Chen Xin, Jiang Rihua , Zhou Siyu, Wang Zhihua, Qu Yizhe |
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| Contact | [email protected] |
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